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MDS&W: The Haul

It's late so I'm going to try to keep this brief.

The Haul

I warned you earlier in the week that I spent an obscene amount of money at MDS&W. If you're uncomfortable with that sort of thing, read no further. If, however, you lust after lovely handdyed and luxury fibers, and are happy to drool on your keyboard, read on.

At $5 per pound, I couldn't resist. Good practice for the cormo fleece. They had some yarns processed from their corriedale from 2 different processors, and one of them was so soft, I really wanted to bring some home. Really wanted. Gotta limit the yarn intake. Sigh.

Besides the above, also picked up a mess of stuff at Little Barn. Their luxury stuff was discounted about 25%, so I got some cashmere, yak, merino 125's...

Ohhhh! Ahhhh! I'm green with envy! (I've never been to any fiber fest in all my knitting/spinning years! How sad, eh?)

I see you've got lots of cormo. It'd be sort of silly to ask what you think of it, since you bought a lot of it, but I'm curious. It occurs to me that the quality of a fiber and whether you like spinning it or not, is so much in the hands of the processor. I have cormo from two different sources. If I had let the first one be my benchmark for the fiber, I'd have to say I didn't like it at all. But the second purchase...mmmmmm! Same thing with rambouillet. I have some I love, some I'd rather use to line cages with.

I think I'm most envious of the cashmere/silk fiber. The idea of spinning these two incredible fibers together gives me goosebumps! Love the preview, can't wait for the finished product!

Beautiful haul. I'd be having a hard time deciding which to spin first!

oh, wait... I have to wipe off my keyboard... ...WOW! What a haul! You lucky girl! I, too, am green with envy. For both the beautiful fibers you got, and being able to attend MS&W. All that spinning is sure to keep you happy for a while!

WOW!!! That is all I have to say..WOW!! I am drooling!! I am going to the Estes Park wool festival in June and just seeing your post makes me so incredibly excited. I feel kind of sick too knowing how much roving I have bought in the past month already!! I will try to just dye and sell it so I can get more at the festival. I CAN'T WAIT!! The stuff you got is GORGEOUS!! Thank you for all the photos!